Sleeping-car



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E. W. CUTLER.

SLEEPING GAR.

No. 316,013. Patented Apr. 21, 1885.

UNITED STATES ATENT GFFICE.

E. WALDO CUTLER,OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 316,013, dated April 21, 1885.

Application led March 2, 1885.

To all whom zit may concern:

Be it known that I, E. WALDO CUTLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad Sleeping-Cars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of my invention is a section or berth in a railroad sleeping-car so arranged as that the occupant may comfortably dress and undress himself, and have also a convenient and safe receptacle for his clothing, and which will also be adapted for the convenience of a sick or infirm person. As the berths in sleeping-cars are now arranged there is no place provided for the safe deposit of clothing, and it is quite difcult, and forl ladies almost impossible, to dress and undress inside of the berth.

VBy the use of my invention the objects referred to are fully accomplished.

I have shown in the drawing a perspective view of a section in a sleeping-car embodying my invention.

a t are the stat-frames having a cushion for the seat made in two parts, b b', and backs, also made in two parts, c c', both the separate parts of the seat and of the back fitting upon suitable frame-work for holding them in position.

d d are bars of wood or metal fitting into suitable niortises, e e. Beneath the seats are the boxes f f, in which may be placed the bars d d, when not in use. These boxes are intended to hold the clothing and valuables of the occupant of the berth.

The berth is made up for sleeping in the following manner: The bars d d are placed in (No model.)

position. The cushions b b', nearest the outside of the car, are slid down from their usual positions and placed as shown in the draw- 4 ing, their ends resting on the bar d. The backs c c are then slid down to the place Where the seats were before placed. The bed is then made up in the ordinary way. The mattress being made in two parts and jointed, as now ordinarily done, may then be turned over, as shown in the drawing. rlhe occupant of the rberth has then sufficient space for undressing, making use, if he desires, of the seat, and placing his clothing in the box f. He may then slide the cushions b b into position, their ends resting on the bar d', placed in the mortises provided for it, and slide the backs c c down to the place where the cushions were, and turn the mattress and bed-clothing over upon the foundation thus prepared for them. When he desires to dress, the mattress and bed-clothing are to be turned back, the backs and cushions put into their places as before, the bar ol put away, and he may then comfortably dress himself.

What I claim is 1. The improved sleeping car section or berth composed of the cushions b b', made in two parts, the backs c c, made in two parts,

t-he seats and backs resting upon suitable supl ports and capable of being readily removed, the bars d (Z, and the boxes f f, substantially asabove described.

2. A sleeping car seat composed of the cushions b b', made in two parts, the back cc', made in two parts, each resting on proper supports and capable of being readily removed, and the boxes f f, substantially as above described.

E. WALDO CUTLER. Vitnesses:

CHAs. F. PERxINs, Guns. H. DREW. 

